Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,721, Gibeon Elden, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Elden, Gibeon
NUMBER
S. 28,721
CONTENTS

298 298 Acto 7 th June 1832 Maine
Gideon Elden
of Buxton in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper in the Mass Lts line, for the term of 9 Mo's from May 1779 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 46 \frac{66}{100} Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Augt 1832 and sent to John Murphy Portland Maine
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____ Pension commencing on the of _____ 182
Amount due on 4th of } Mar 1832 $ 46.66 semi annual due } 4 Sept " " $ 23.33 $69.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vol 14 Page 56

Gibson Elden. Application for a pension Aug. 1832
P. 6,
14 mo.
$ 46: 66 per ann.
298
John Murphy
Page of 36

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August , aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Gibson Elden a resident of Buxton in the county of York in said Maine District, aged Seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine Agency, and a Certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 22 d day of April 1818. That his name was dropped from the pension roll by order of May 1. 1820. That he served in the Company commanded by Capt. Clark's Company in Col. Dufresne's Regiment. That he now resides in Buxton aforesaid - and resided there when he first made his application for a pension in April 1818.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Gibson Elden
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this third day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey
} Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Gideon Elden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 28,721.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May, 1777. 2 mos. Pri. Grant ✓ Mass.   Aug. or Sept. 1777. 3 " Thos. Romney Joseph Storer   May or June 1779. 9 " Clark Benj. Lupper   Smith ✓   Francis Benj. Lupper  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apr 22, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Buxton, York Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 57 yrs.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
The above noted is the only soldier named Elden found in the Rev. War records of this Bureau
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. Sec y Albany, Ore. Mar. 9, 1918. U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington D. C.
Gentlemen,
I am looking up my ancestry prior to joining the D.A.R.
Can trace back to Captain John Elden of Buxton, Maine, formerly of Biddeford, Me., whose name is given in a list of Revolutionary soldiers of that place, I understand.
His son, Captain Gibeon Elden was born June 2, 1761. Married to Susanna Whitney.

His son, Nathaniel Hill Elden was born Nov. 13, 1789, married Eunice Haskell.
Can you furnish me with other data concerning these men?
Believe we are asked for dates of birth, death and marriage of them and their wives.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may send, I am,
Yours truly
Mrs. H. W. Barker
517 W. 9th St.
Albany, Ore.

28 721 Rev  INVALID.
1918, Mch. 18. History to Mrs. H. W. Barker, Ex.
File No. 28, 721
Gibson Elden
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.554 R
Maine.
Gibson Elden
of Dirt Buxton in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Mass. line, for the term of nine months -
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dirt of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of Apr. 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of May 1819 and sent to George Thacher Esq. Paco. Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10 m. 29 d. 83.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819. 48.00
$131:43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
see letter to Hon. J. Holmes, 13 March 1829

Gibson Elden. Private Col: Suppers Reg t Mass Line 1779 - to 1780 - Dec: 22 nd - Apl 1818
on roll
Correct

I Gibeon Elden of Buxton in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty seven years A citizen of said Commonwealth declare that about the month of May 1777- I enlisted for two months in Captain Grants Company I was marched to Providence State of Rhode Island, but I am not able to recollect what Regiment our Company belonged - I continued the two months in Grants Company I did duty at Providence till I was discharged but had nothing in writing, nor had others who were discharged at the same time - And about August or September 1777- I again enlisted for three months in Captain Rummeries Company of Col. Storer Regiment I was marched to Still Water I joined the Continental Army under General Gates I served till the three months expired in December or January I was discharged at Ducomons Overstaugh about fourteen miles below Albany, but had no written discharge -
And again about May or June 1779 I entered as a private soldier I was marched to Springfield in this State I was there mustered under a Captain Fisher, if I recollect right, who came on from the Continental Army to conduct the recruits to Head quarters - who marched us to Westpoint in State of New-York & I was there turned into Captain Clarks Company in Col. Tappens Regiment and Pattersons Brigade in the Massachusetts line. on the continental establishment During said term I was at Westpoint, except about two months of the latter part of the time I was stationed at White Plains & on the lines, and in frequent movements from place to place, during said two months I was in Captain Smiths Company, but dont recollect the Regiment - Some time in the month of April 1780 I was marched up to Westpoint, & if I am not mistaken I was placed in Captain Francis Company, of Col. Tappens Regiment; but I was so often shifted from Company to Company

I changed our positions so frequently that I cannot now distinctly recollect them. About the time I was discharged there were but two in the Company, viz Daniel Foss & myself - I was discharged about the middle of May 1780 at West point - My discharge was in writing but amounted to a pass, to prevent my being stoped on the way & to enable us to draw rations on the way  and when I when lost at Boston our pass or discharge was demanded & given up - And I have never seen it since.
I have no pension, & from my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of some assistance from my Country for support, as I am so infirmed by age & bodily weaknesses as not to be able to labour. Gibeon Elden April 22. 1812.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - ss.
Be it known that on the 22 nd day of April 1812 before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named Gibeon Elden who being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him, in my presence, subscribed, In order to obtain the provision of the late Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war; From which declaration signed and sworn to as aforesaid I George Thacher Justice of the Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Gibeon Moulton did serve in the revolutionary war as he has stated in his said declaration against the common enemy; And I

now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary of the department of War, pur- -suant to the directions in the above cited Act of Congress.
In Testimony whereof I have here- set my name & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this _____ day of May Anno
Dominion 1818
George Thatcher

Gibson Elen
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, at the Cumberland Bank.
Acworth

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Gibson Elden late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twentysixth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eleventh day of May , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edmards , in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Isaac Townsend's Contiguita

Isaac Townsend of Hollis in the County of York and State of Maine Depose and say, that I was acquainted with Gibson Elden (now of Buxton in the aforesaid County) in the Army of the Revolution, and that in the year 1777 the said Elden was a private in the Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, and that he served in that Regiment for the term of two if not three months in the Company commanded by Capt. Grant of Berwick, and that said service was performed in the town of Providence in the State of Rhode Island - Isaac Townsend
York S.S. At. 18 th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named Isaac Townsend and made oath that the truth of the above statement by him signed -
Before me Wm. Loveat Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Haley of Hollis in the County of York and State of Maine Depose & say, that I was acquainted with Gibson Elden (now of Buxton in the aforesaid County) in the Army of the Revolution, & that in the year 1777 the said Elden was a private in the Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, & that he served in that Regiment for the term of three months in the Company commanded by Capt. Grant of Berwick; and that said service was performed in Providence in the State of Rhode Island. Joseph Haley
York S.S. July 25. 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Haley, & made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed.
Before me Wm. Sweet for. of the Peace

Daniel Mearns Platification

I Daniel Bryant of Saco in the County of York and State of Maine. Depose & say, that I was acquainted with Gideon Elden (now of Burton in the aforesaid County) in the army of the Revolution & that in the year 1777 the said Elden was a private in the Regiment of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Col. Joseph Horer & that he served in that Regiment for the term of three months in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Runney And that also, the said Elden served nine months in the year 1779 & 80 in the Regiment of the Continental Army commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper & and in the Company commanded by Capt. Clark. — Daniel Bryant
York ss. July 18. 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Dan t Bryant & made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed.
Before me. Isaac Merrill, Jur. of the Peace